Delhi's triumph and trouble

The dying days of 2013 in Delhi have been overcome with the kind of public exultation and spirit of political triumphalism that the city hasn't witnessed in a long time. The outpouring of spontaneous crowds at the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) anointing at Ramlila Grounds, the noisy tub-thumping by a slack-jawed media and the waving jharus at street corners in support of a corruption-free, fast-delivery government with the common touch suggest something revolutionary has happened.

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